Edwardian 18ct Gold & Platinum Circular Tie Pin Set With Diamonds

A smart tie pin that was made circa 1910. It is 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold with a platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… top set with well matched small diamonds within millegrained settings.  This round tie pin represented the finishing post at the horse races and it would have traditionally been worn there.  Nowadays you can certainly still wear them to the races but also for many other occasions as it is a smart look. All our tie pins come with a stopper at the end of the pin